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CVNA heads into Thursday's Q2 earnings release with short sellers quietly reducing exposure — a subtle but meaningful shift from the build-up that dominated the weeks before the prior earnings_preview note. Short…
SNAP enters its July 30 Q1 results with a Street that has spent the past two weeks quietly walking away — and a stock already down 2.6% on the week to $4.56. The analyst story is the standout. Target cuts have been…
Charter Communications arrives at Thursday's Q2 earnings print with the most call-heavy options positioning in the past year, a short base that has barely budged all week, and a wave of analyst target cuts that has…
Alcoa has dropped another 10% since its Q2 print landed on July 16, extending a brutal month that has now erased 25% of market value, and the post-earnings analyst wave has delivered more of the same: target cuts, no…
VVV enters its August 5 earnings window with one of the most striking options reversals of the year — and a Street that just lifted targets in unison. The standout signal this week is in the options market. Call demand…
TRMD A heads into its August earnings window with the lending market loose, short interest negligible, and institutional ownership telling the most interesting story of the week. The borrow picture is unusually calm…
SPCX enters the week of July 22 with its short base at a new record, its borrow market at an all-time extreme, and a stock that clawed back 3% on Tuesday — but remains down 9% on the week and 33% over the past…
NANR, the State Street SPDR S&P North American Natural Resources ETF, has seen unusual turbulence in its lending market this week — notable for a fund that rarely attracts speculative attention. The most striking…
Four Corners Property Trust heads into its July 29 earnings with options traders at their most defensive all year, even as the stock notches a 5% weekly gain. The options signal is the week's sharpest anomaly. The…
Block, Inc. heads into its August 5 earnings report with the analyst community making a decisive move higher on targets this week — while the short unwind that began in late June has now run its course, leaving…
HPE dropped 5.7% on the week before a 4.8% Tuesday bounce, and the more interesting signal is underneath the price action: short interest has quietly rebuilt after the mid-July covering wave, with the borrow market…
Performance Food Group heads into its August 12 earnings date with a striking split between what analysts are saying and what the founder is doing with his shares. The Street has turned decisively constructive on PFGC.…
KSA, the iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF, enters the week with a striking divergence: short interest at a multi-month high and borrow availability collapsing at its fastest pace in weeks — all while the fund drifts lower…
Teladoc Health heads into its July 28 earnings report with options traders unusually bullish and short sellers quietly trimming positions — a rare alignment of bullish signals for a stock that has spent much of 2026…
Etsy heads into the final stretch before its August 5 earnings with a notable divergence: the short-covering that defined last week's story has stalled, and options traders have turned sharply more defensive on a down…
Equinix heads into its July 29 Q2 results with analyst sentiment overwhelmingly constructive, short interest still retreating, and a put/call ratio that — despite its elevated absolute level — is running almost exactly…
Synchrony Financial has given back roughly 2% on the week to $72.21, with the Q2 print now digested and a cluster of fresh analyst target cuts landing within hours of Tuesday's open — the clearest signal that the…
Arista Networks heads into its July 31 earnings report with the Street growing more constructive — and its founder quietly reducing exposure at the same time. The most notable development this week is the insider…
Varonis Systems heads into its July 27 earnings report with analysts raising targets aggressively and the stock sitting on a 38% one-month gain — yet the stock lost ground this week, even as the Street turned…
ONE Gas enters its August 4 earnings report with a quiet but persistent short-side build and a Street that has spent the past two months trimming price targets — a combination that puts the $78.61 close in a more…
